Helen A
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Q: messages showing in wrong order

OK, I know this sounds crazy but when chatting in Messages, my comments are sometimes going UP but the person who I'm chatting to, their replies are going DOWN.

 

Please don't ask me how i did it,  cos i don't know - anyone else have this problem ??

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), late 2012

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 8:19 AM

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Q: messages showing in wrong order

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 26, 2015 12:28 PM in response to Helen A
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    Nov 26, 2015 12:28 PM in response to Helen A

    Hi,

     

     

    Could you post a picture to explain that further ?

    The Reply box allows you to drag a pic from a folder on your computer to post it.

     

     

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    8:28 pm      Thursday; November 26, 2015

     

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  • by Helen A,

    Helen A Helen A Nov 27, 2015 2:57 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Nov 27, 2015 2:57 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    here's an example Ralph.

     

    The top 4 posts are OK but below the green "they forecast **** weather" my comments, in green, have to be read from the bottom upwards

    Screen Shot 2015-11-27 at 10.48.47.png

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 27, 2015 12:36 PM in response to Helen A
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    Nov 27, 2015 12:36 PM in response to Helen A

    HI,

     

     

    BuddyYou
    Hi xHi )
    Blooming raining herenot here yet but grey
    Yep wont be long I guessthey forecast *** weather
    yep
    i am disappointed......
    bless you and thank you
    It's been a bad week for sure
    no
    Just so you know, Fri P.M. next week...
    OK thanks

     

    As you say the first four are "OK" I have put them on the same line.

     

    I have attempted to re-order the conversation as you describe but I am not sure I have it right plus there is an extra "Yes" I can't place satisfactorily.

     

    If you mouse over a bubble and hold still it will tell the message time

    Screen Shot 2015-11-27 at 20.21.36.png

    You have to do each one separately

    Screen Shot 2015-11-27 at 20.22.40.png

     

    Only the Side Bar list of Conversations/Chat can be re-ordered if set to Manually (in the View Menu > Sort Conversations).

     

    I cannot see why this particular chat is doing this.

     

    AS a test can you look in System Preferences > Date and Time and see if the Automatic time server is enabled ?

    It is possible if it is not set that when the computer is busy CPU-wise the time can drift a little.

    As Chats are then Time Stamped they might get given the "wrong" time.

     

     

     

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    8:36 pm      Friday; November 27, 2015

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad